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Originally Posted by scollins
I shot my kids' dance recital. First two groups I was at ISO 6400, so the noise is up there (Nikon D3.) I did drop down to ISO 4000 for the remainder, which helped with the noise. But even shooting f2.8 at ISO 4000, I still had some shots dip down to 1/160th. Tough to keep motion blur down at that shutter speed, as well as camera shake especially at 170mm to 200mm.
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Yeah, this is where IS lenses earn their high cost. I rented a 70-200mm F4L (non-IS) a few weeks ago and was bummed at how hard it was to keep steady. Glad I don't have to qualify with a rifle any more. I couldn't hit shit. Any telephoto lens I buy from now on will have to have IS.
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Originally Posted by Chewy734
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You must have been reading my mind. We should start a thread for folks to post past fireworks pics and maybe some info on how they got the shot. I'm going to try my hand at it this year with the new gear.